LONDON (AP) — Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard injured his left knee and was forced off against West Ham in the Premier League on Saturday.
The Norway international was substituted in the 30th minute at Emirates Stadium — the third time this season he has gone off in the first half of a match because of injury.
“I think he had a clash knee to knee and immediately he was uncomfortable,” Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said. “I just spoke to him, he’s not positive about it. He’s got a brace on, we’ll have to wait and see from the doctors. But we haven’t been very lucky with that either.”
Odegaard has only recently returned after a shoulder injury. He was replaced by Martin Zubimendi.
Arsenal won 2-0.
It is the third time in as many home games in the Premier League that Odegaard has been forced off in the first half.
He left in the 38th minute against Leeds in August because of a shoulder injury. He then had a recurrence of the injury against Nottingham Forest last month and was taken off in the 18th.
“We haven’t had him since the start of the season for one reason or the other, the shoulder twice and then this injury,” Arteta said. “We will find solutions but our captain is a player who gives us a completely different dimension with the things that he can do, especially in attack. Let’s wait and hopefully it’s not that bad.”
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Arsenal's Martin Odegaard, centre, shakes hands with Arsenal's manager Mikel Arteta during the substitution at the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and West Ham United at the Emirates stadium in London, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Arsenal's Martin Odegaard reacts of being injured during the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and West Ham United at the Emirates stadium in London, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brandt Clarke scored twice to help Los Angeles break out of an offensive funk, Darcy Kuemper made 23 saves and the Kings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-0 on Saturday night to split a two-game set.
Warren Foegele, Andrei Kuzmenko, Mikey Anderson and Alex Turcotte also scored after the Kings had been held to two goals or fewer in seven of their past nine games. The six goals are their most in regulation this season and they won by more than one goal for the first time since a 5-1 victory at Montreal on Nov. 11.
Spencer Knight made 26 saves for the Blackhawks. Chicago forward Teuvo Teravainen did not play after he was struck in the face by a puck in the final minute of a 2-1 victory over the Kings on Thursday night.
Goals of any sort had been hard to come by for the Kings over the past three weeks, but Foegele’s one-timer early in the second period led to an offensive eruption in the middle 20 minutes.
Kuzmenko then got Los Angeles’ first power-play goal in five games and only its third in the past 12 outings. They are 3-for-36 (8.3%) in that span.
Clarke finished off the breakthrough period by scoring through the screen of Corey Perry, who gave Knight no vantage point to see the wrist shot from the high slot.
Clarke got his second of the night early in the third period, followed by Anderson and Turcotte each netting their second goals of the season.
Blackhawks: At Anaheim on Sunday night.
Kings: At Utah on Monday night.
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Chicago Blackhawks center Oliver Moore (11) shoots against Los Angeles Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper (35) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)
Los Angeles Kings left wing Warren Foegele (37) is greeted by Los Angeles Kings left wing Trevor Moore (12) after scoring during the second period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)
Los Angeles Kings left wing Andrei Kuzmenko (96) reacts after scoring during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)
Los Angeles Kings defenseman Brandt Clarke (92) takes a shot and scores as Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard (98) trails behind during the second period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)
